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Christoph Engelbrecht

Christoph Engelbrecht is a Senior Biotech Consultant with two decades international CDMO, Biotech and consultancy work experience. He obtained his training and Master of Science in Biotechnology in Germany, US and Australia.

As an independent consultant Christoph Engelbrecht has successfully completed more than 10 projects. He helped several European Biotech companies to select the right CDMO, negotiate effective contracts, initiate CMC development to clinical phase 1 studies, and established successful BD strategies.

In his last project Christoph has been responsible for selecting the CDMO, developing & manufacturing an antibody drug product for clinical phase I including filling, labelling, packaging and clinical supply. He managed and supported the preparation of CMC regulatory filing sections (IMPD, CTA) including responses from and to regulatory authorities in Europe and Qualified Person. Furthermore, Christoph has managed the setup of a Quality Management System for this emerging biotech company.

Furthermore, Christoph has more than 10 years experience and a remarkable track-record in Sales & Business Development in Biotech, CDMO and drug development consultancy business.

In his last role as Director Business Development at a leading European drug development consultancy, Christoph was responsible for establishing and driving the business development and marketing strategy in Switzerland. He built the Swiss client base and started significant revenue stream from scratch.

At Lonza he negotiated, acquired and managed several multi-million Euro projects in the CDMO biologics field.

Christoph is outstanding in networking and building long-lasting business relationships. Over the last 18 years he established a vast network in Biotech and CDMO industry, and is maintaining direct contact to Biotech Executives and to Business Developers and Executives in the Top 10 CDMOs.

In a nut shell Christoph Engelbrecht´s strengths and specialties are:

In-depth CDMO and Biotech industry and market knowledge
Business development strategy and improving sales processes
Building strong business relationships and closing deals
Negotiating fair agreements
Managing complex CMC projects and working in interdisciplinary teams
Ad-hoc interims management and support in transformation processes
Strong network in Biotech and with experienced drug development, GxP, regulatory and QA consultants.

If you want to accelerate and professionalize your CDMO selection process and CMC project management, need business development, alliance or interims management support, please do not hesitate to contact us.